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Chris and Trisha Dart of Cedar Springs would like to announce the birth of their daughter Zola Lee Dart. Zola was born on June 28, 2017 at Butterworth Hospital at 11:37 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 inches long. She was welcomed home by her Big Sister Kora, Grandparents Lee and Chris Mullennix of Cedar Springs, Michigan, Ron and Carol Marr of Rodney, Michigan, Great-grandparents Phill Hallock of Cedar Springs, Michigan, Marilyn Nance of Cedar Springs, Michigan, Mary Korreck of Palm Bay, Florida, and Dave and Diane Pollock of Pratts, Virginia. She was also welcomed home by many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Christopher and Trisha Dart of Cedar Springs would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Kora Lucille Dart. Kora was born on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 5:32 pm at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and 19.5 inches. Kora was welcomed home by proud grandparents; Lee and Christine Mullennix of Cedar Springs, Michigan, and Ron and Carolyn Marr of Rodney, Michigan; great-grandparents Kay and Phil Hallock of Cedar Springs, Michigan, Marilyn Nance of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Diane and Dave Pollock of Pratts, Virginia and Mary Korreck of Palm Bay, Florida.

If there is a name other than Nina Babcock or Grace Hamilton that is closely associated with the original Red Flannel Day, it would have to be John (Jack) Pollock. He was the owner of the dry goods store that sold red flannels way back in 1936, when the writer at the New York Sun wrote that red flannels couldn’t be found anywhere. And so it would only be fitting that his two sons—William (Bill) and Bob Pollock—have been named honorary grand marshals for the 75th celebration.

Bill and Bob are the surviving sons of Jack and Ann Pollock, and grandsons of Pearl and William Pollock, the founders and operators of Pollock’s, The Original Red Flannel Store. Jack, Ann, and Pearl were all on the board of directors of the first Red Flannel Club, established in 1940. The directors of the club were chosen from those who were actively engaged in business in the community.

“This is such an important, historic year for the Festival, we wanted to honor the first families of the original Red Flannel Festival Board,” said Michele Tracy-Andres, Festival President.

Bill, Bob and their late older brother, John (Mac) grew up in Pollock’s Store. In their house, Red Flannel Day was second only to Christmas. They helped build and rode on Red Flannel Day floats from the age of four. Bill and Bob have carried on that tradition by entering a Pollock’s float in the 2011 parade. They also recently purchased a license from Life Magazine to the full page color photo of their dad and a hundred school children dressed in red that appeared in Life Magazine on December 19, 1949. A framed copy of the photo was donated by Bill to the Cedar Springs Historical Society Museum in Morley Park where it is on display. Bill also narrated the “Under the Radar” television show for the RFF in 2012 and both are great advocates of the Festival.

Bill told the Post that they are thrilled to have this opportunity.

“The entire Pollock family is extremely grateful to the Red Flannel Festival Board of Directors for designating us as Honorary Grand Marshals. Bob and I humbly accept this honor on behalf of the Red Flannel pioneers that preceded us including our grandparents, William and Pearl, our parents, Jack and Ann, our aunt, June Allchin and her sons, Skip and Mike…not to mention the hundreds of Red Flannel Town residents who worked at Pollock’s Store over its 60 year history such as Don Koster, Lil Meyers, Libby Hanna, Clara Gust, Spud Ensing, and many, many more. We are eagerly looking forward to participating in the 75th Diamond Anniversary Festival.”

Bill graduated from Cedar Springs High School in 1963, the University of Notre Dame in 1967 and holds an MBA from the George Washington University. He is a retired U.S Navy Captain and corporate vice president. He and his wife, Gisela, travel full-time in their motor home.

Bob attended Cedar Springs High School until he moved to Kalamazoo in 1966. He is a 1969 graduate of Monsignor Hackett High School where he lettered in football and tennis. Bob graduated from Western Michigan University in 1974. He is retired from a career in human resources and real estate/property management. He lives in Parchment, Michigan.

We recently printed some of the old photos from the LIFE magazine photo shoot of our own Red Flannel town taken in 1949, and Bill Pollock, grandson of Jack Pollock, who was featured as a photographer of school children in one of the photos, pointed us to some other photos in that same issue.
Please take a look at them, and see if you can recognize who anyone might be. If you know, please tell us! Who are the men sitting in front of the Post office? Who is the family with the bag of groceries? They are featured in several photos and are pictured with the police chief and lady in red coat and hat, who are they?Send us an email at news@cedarspringspost.com, or give us a call at (616) 696-3655.